Mercato Team (Ausilio, Marotta, & Co.) and Strategies

[wera]

How important were some of the transfers we made among starters - a solid 8/10, the only thing I'm not happy is that we couldn't get Vicario because we were afraid of not getting enough money for Onana. But that happens to every team, every mercato. There is a limited amount of players available for transfers every summer.

Also understanding that our finances are bad, saying this wasn't really a good mercato would be a lie.

OVERALL SCORE: 7/10. Some transfers I'm kinda against, but we got Pavard, Thuram, Frattesi and Carlos Augusto in the same window. (Still not totally sold on Frattesi and Thuram, but I'm willing to give them two full seasons to prove themselves)
We missed on some players that would've made us clearer favourites, I do not believe in Arna and Sanchez being good enough bench options for us to win a Scudetto, simply because other teams have some serious firepower up front as well (Napoli, Juve, Milan). Arna ain't Džeko, and Sanchez ain't 27 anymore.
There is still lots to do next summer and I'm kinda dreading who is going to be sold next, but let's first enjoy this season and maybe we are able to gather enough money to actually not need to sell any of our favourite players.

We can fight for the Scudetto, but a long run in CL again + Scudetto is not in the cards for us. We do need the money tho, so any financial plus we gain is going to determine what kind of summer 2024 we are going to have.

 

[Meysam]

The only disappointing move was undervalued selling of Brozo and kinda wasting too much time on Lukaku

 

[Hikonyán]

Its a good-ish mercato considering the limited funds and the many players needed. Marotta really had to jiggle funds around alot to make ends meet.

Great: Pavard.
good: Fratessi, Onana fee, Thuram (too high salary)
Okay: Sanchez, Augusto, Caudrado. Getting rid of some low value trash, pray that Marseille makes the CL.
Indifferent: Bisseck, Klaassens, Sommer.
Bad: Brozovic fee, should have gotten more players out (Sensi in particular)
Horrible: Arnautoshit

A 6.5 for me.

Not getting a proper striker is the biggest worry. The team is one serious Lautaro injury away for top 4 to get extremely difficult. The entire season basically rests on his shoulders.

 

[Tsuna]

I don’t understand why we signed klaasen when we could of signed Kamada instead

 

[brakbrak]

I don’t understand why we signed klaasen when we could of signed Kamada instead

4M salary vs 1.5 net. Plus Klaassen was signed to be a fringe player whereas Kamada would have been at least a rotational player. Pretty simple logic, really.

 

[crzdcolombian]

4M salary vs 1.5 net. Plus Klaassen was signed to be a fringe player whereas Kamada would have been at least a rotational player. Pretty simple logic, really.

his marketability would have probably covered it. Will hate how Lazio will FK us no lube to get him now

 

[brakbrak]

his marketability would have probably covered it. Will hate how Lazio will FK us no lube to get him now

What marketability? Jersey sale?

 

[wera]

The only disappointing move was undervalued selling of Brozo and kinda wasting too much time on Lukaku

Give it a year and return to this post if you feel the same.

 

[Raul Duke]

Imagine being told during Conte’s first year that in 2023:

Martinez would score from a Cuadrado cross, Aurnatovic and Mkhitaryan would run in to celebrate; Brozovic would have been replaced by Hakan Calhanoglu; Sanchez would be signed, sold and resigned; Pavard would be sitting in our bench for 90 minutes; Lukaku would be playing for Roma and we would have narrowly missed out winning a CL final.

 

[Pravesh]

Goalkeepers: 6/10
This is where we could have done much better, especially after selling our top notch one for a huge amount. Even keeping Handa would had been a good option but may be he did not want to remain as a second keeper anymore or planning to retire as well.

Defenders & Wing backs: 8/10
We have strengthened this department with the signing of Pavard. I have always thought and hoped that De Vrij would get back to his form and if that happens, we need not to worry this season. Not a fan of Cuadrado in person but as a player, there is no doubt that he is really good. Augusto is another good signing.

Midfielders: 7/10
May be Lazar's signing would have given us few other options in the midfield but that is obviously in past now. We will miss a creative spark in the midfield, which has been the case since a long time but lets hope that they will do their best.

Forwards: 6.5/10
We could have done much better here, especially when we lack creativity in the midfield as well. That being said I hope Thuram keeps on surprising us and Martinez carries the team throughout the season.

I would give an overall rating of around 7 to our mercato, mainly due to the fact that we finally seem to have a very good bench. In almost all the positions, there are 2 good players. This could come in very handy when competing in multiple tournaments, injuries, avoiding fatigue, etc. With the finance we had and some transfer hiccups we had to face (Lukaku & Lazar), I do think that the management did quite a good job with the available options.

 

[brehme1989]

Hectic mercato with a lot of mood swings, but cannot complain with how it ended.

Failed to sell successfully, took much time to make transfers and missed out on almost all top targets (even Pavard was a backup eay down the line in case we failed to buy someone costly up front and I'm happt with the outcome as I was rooting for this)

To sum the mercato up: Mission failed successfully.

 

[crzdcolombian]

Hectic mercato with a lot of mood swings, but cannot complain with how it ended.

Failed to sell successfully, took much time to make transfers and missed out on almost all top targets (even Pavard was a backup eay down the line in case we failed to buy someone costly up front and I'm happt with the outcome as I was rooting for this)

To sum the mercato up: Mission failed successfully.

1st place..... 9 points and 8 goals scores, 0 against..... + did they say +34m in sales/transfers.... got rid of all the dead wood, infinitely better bench than last season

yea shit mercado because we didn't sign the Messi/Ronaldo Regen in Fifa and some of you believed the Mbappe rumor haha that was even crazier than when you would post Messi coming here from Barca.

 

[pier]

Squad cost overview

Spoiler: Others (Head coach and players out on loan)

Transfer Market (IN)

Transfer Market (OUT)

Summary

 

[pier]

IN	Score	Expected Status	Fee	Comments
Thuram	8	Starter	-	Very good signing although wage net is bit high
Acerbi	8	Starter	4,0	Good signing after last season performance
Frattesi	9	Rotation	38,0	Very good signing for the future
Bisseck	6	Backup	7,5	Low cost potential signing
Di Gennaro	7	Backup	-	Good signing for 3rd GK role. Homegrown and low wage.
Cuadrado	7	Rotation	-	Good free signing signing despite his past. An upgrade from Bellanova
Sommer	7	Starter	6,8	Adequate replacement for Onana
Audero	7	Backup	6,5	Good backup GK with plenty of minutes in Serie A
Augusto	8	Rotation	16,0	Signed with a very good formula.
Arnautovic	7	Rotation	10,0	Tactically fitted but bit overpayed
Sanchez	7	Rotation	-	Good free signing. Coming from a positive season.
Pavard	9	Starter	32,0	Superb signing.
Klaassen	7	Backup	-	Okay sigining for the squad depth.
	7.4
OUT	Score	Last season status		Comments
Škriniar	4	Starter	Out of Contract	Could've should've
Gagliardini	9	Rotation	Out of Contract	What a relieved!
Handanović	6	Rotation	Out of Contract	Thanks Captain
Cordaz	7	Backup	Out of Contract	Was good for locker room
D'Ambrosio	7	Rotation	Out of Contract	What a professional
Bellanova	8	Backup	Loan Return	It's a good thing we didn't buy him
Lukaku	9	Rotation	Loan Return	We dodge a bullet here
Dzeko	7	Starter	Out of Contract	Thanks Edin
Dalbert	9	Not at club	Out of Contract	Finally!
Pirola	6	Not at club	5,0	Good plus valenza, for him, it's better to get some minutes
Hoti	7	Not at club	0,3	Okay
Zanotti	7	Youngster	Loan	Picked right club for loan
Brazao	7	Not at club	Loan	May not good enough
Radu	7	Not at club	Loan	May not coming back
Brozović	5	Starter	18,0	Bowed down when they renegotiate but couldn't do much due to threat
Mulattieri	7	Not at club	6,0	Good deal for both clubs and for him
V. Carboni	7	Youngster	Loan	May not get enough minute at Monza
Vanheusden	7	Not at club	Loan	Picked good club to recover
Colidio	8	Not at club	5,0	Nice plus valenza
Satriano	7	Not at club	Loan	Getting some minutes at Brest
Onana	6	Starter	52,5	Could've got more from MU, but still, a very large capital gained.
Males	7	Not at club	2,0	Generated small plus valenza
Stankovic	7	Not at club	Loan	Starter at Samp
Oristanio	8	Not at club	Loan	Seems will get plenty of minutes at Cagliari
Gosens	7	Rotation	15,0	Couldn't live up the expectation
Lazaro	7	Not at club	4,0	Good
Fabbian	8	Not at club	5,0	With the buyback clause, we still have control
Esposito	7	Not at club	Loan	He needs to make it this season
Salcedo	7	Not at club	Loan	May will be on loan until contracts runs out
Correa	9	Rotation	2,0	Such a relieved he is gone even for just one season.
	7.2
Bastoni	8			Good decision to extend both key player contracts.
Calhanoglu	8			Same as above
Samardzic	8			The formula with Udinese is very good, but what a drama follows. It turns out a very good outcome for us.

[/SPOILER]

Spoiler: The missing out rumoured

Start of Mercato issue
- Transfer budget = 0
- 10+ players out of contract/loan return
- Offload deadweight players
- Reduce squad cost
- Maintain team quality

End of Mercato achievement
- Reduced annual squad cost
- Transfer Net positive
- Generated huge capital gain
- Improved team quality while maintaining stability.
- Reduced the average age of the squad
- Mercato isn't just about incoming transfers and outgoing transfers, but also retain key players.
All key players have at least 3 years contract remaining.
- Contract extension (Bastoni, Calhanoglu, De Vrij)
- Very good squad depth
- Good balance of young and experienced players.

Goalkeepers : 7
Defenders : 9
Wingbacks : 8
Midfielders : 8
Forwards : 8

Overall rating : 8

 

[brehme1989]

You don't leave any room for disagreement with that one @pier

Just a note that you missed Azpilicueta (or I have) there.

 

[CafeCordoba]

Calcio e Finanza reported our total cost of the squad is 187m. Dunno how they've calculated that.

 

[brehme1989]

Calcio e Finanza reported our total cost of the squad is 187m. Dunno how they've calculated that.

They have access to our books some way or another, so I'd consider their words.

 

[qb4ever_2k]

Calcio e Finanza reported our total cost of the squad is 187m. Dunno how they've calculated that.

Our revenue in 2021/2022 (if google is to be believed) was 303m. Assuming our revenue in 23/24 will be higher or at least not lower, our squad cost will take up roughly 60% of our revenue. We would be complied with FFP and be generally healthy financially if that's the case.

 

[IL Fenomeno]

IN	Score	Expected Status	Fee	Comments
Thuram	8	Starter	-	Very good signing although wage net is bit high
Acerbi	8	Starter	4,0	Good signing after last season performance
Frattesi	9	Rotation	38,0	Very good signing for the future
Bisseck	6	Backup	7,5	Low cost potential signing
Di Gennaro	7	Backup	-	Good signing for 3rd GK role. Homegrown and low wage.
Cuadrado	7	Rotation	-	Good free signing signing despite his past. An upgrade from Bellanova
Sommer	7	Starter	6,8	Adequate replacement for Onana
Audero	7	Backup	6,5	Good backup GK with plenty of minutes in Serie A
Augusto	8	Rotation	16,0	Signed with a very good formula.
Arnautovic	7	Rotation	10,0	Tactically fitted but bit overpayed
Sanchez	7	Rotation	-	Good free signing. Coming from a positive season.
Pavard	9	Starter	32,0	Superb signing.
Klaassen	7	Backup	-	Okay sigining for the squad depth.
	7.4
OUT	Score	Last season status		Comments
Škriniar	4	Starter	Out of Contract	Could've should've
Gagliardini	9	Rotation	Out of Contract	What a relieved!
Handanović	6	Rotation	Out of Contract	Thanks Captain
Cordaz	7	Backup	Out of Contract	Was good for locker room
D'Ambrosio	7	Rotation	Out of Contract	What a professional
Bellanova	8	Backup	Loan Return	It's a good thing we didn't buy him
Lukaku	9	Rotation	Loan Return	We dodge a bullet here
Dzeko	7	Starter	Out of Contract	Thanks Edin
Dalbert	9	Not at club	Out of Contract	Finally!
Pirola	6	Not at club	5,0	Good plus valenza, for him, it's better to get some minutes
Hoti	7	Not at club	0,3	Okay
Zanotti	7	Youngster	Loan	Picked right club for loan
Brazao	7	Not at club	Loan	May not good enough
Radu	7	Not at club	Loan	May not coming back
Brozović	5	Starter	18,0	Bowed down when they renegotiate but couldn't do much due to threat
Mulattieri	7	Not at club	6,0	Good deal for both clubs and for him
V. Carboni	7	Youngster	Loan	May not get enough minute at Monza
Vanheusden	7	Not at club	Loan	Picked good club to recover
Colidio	8	Not at club	5,0	Nice plus valenza
Satriano	7	Not at club	Loan	Getting some minutes at Brest
Onana	6	Starter	52,5	Could've got more from MU, but still, a very large capital gained.
Males	7	Not at club	2,0	Generated small plus valenza
Stankovic	7	Not at club	Loan	Starter at Samp
Oristanio	8	Not at club	Loan	Seems will get plenty of minutes at Cagliari
Gosens	7	Rotation	15,0	Couldn't live up the expectation
Lazaro	7	Not at club	4,0	Good
Fabbian	8	Not at club	5,0	With the buyback clause, we still have control
Esposito	7	Not at club	Loan	He needs to make it this season
Salcedo	7	Not at club	Loan	May will be on loan until contracts runs out
Correa	9	Rotation	2,0	Such a relieved he is gone even for just one season.
	7.2
Bastoni	8			Good decision to extend both key player contracts.
Calhanoglu	8			Same as above
Samardzic	8			The formula with Udinese is very good, but what a drama follows. It turns out a very good outcome for us.

[/SPOILER]

Spoiler: The missing out rumoured

Start of Mercato issue
- Transfer budget = 0
- 10+ players out of contract/loan return
- Offload deadweight players
- Reduce squad cost
- Maintain team quality

End of Mercato achievement
- Reduced annual squad cost
- Transfer Net positive
- Generated huge capital gain
- Improved team quality while maintaining stability.
- Reduced the average age of the squad
- Mercato isn't just about incoming transfers and outgoing transfers, but also retain key players.
All key players have at least 3 years contract remaining.
- Contract extension (Bastoni, Calhanoglu, De Vrij)
- Very good squad depth
- Good balance of young and experienced players.

Goalkeepers : 7
Defenders : 9
Wingbacks : 8
Midfielders : 8
Forwards : 8

Overall rating : 8

this is awesome. Someone show this to Brehme please

 

[.h.]

Our revenue in 2021/2022 (if google is to be believed) was 303m. Assuming our revenue in 23/24 will be higher or at least not lower, our squad cost will take up roughly 60% of our revenue. We would be complied with FFP and be generally healthy financially if that's the case.

We are nowhere near FFP compliance as far as I know (as a baseline). We are once you get exceptional on there - for example in 21/22 we would have been about 72% but that was only because of 90mil plusvalenza, without the plusvalenza we would have been 104%.

I'll share a Google sheet when I get home which breaks it all down, but for 23/24 I am expecting us to still be quite non compliant with a lot more work to be done unless we have a deep run in the CL. I can imagine 22-23 being compliant on account of the CL run, I suspect we didn't make enough plusvalenza in 23-24 so far to offset what we need.